As Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump signed an “agreement” in Singapore today, ICAN welcomes the diplomatic efforts but warns that only a process based in international law and existing treaty frameworks will achieve nuclear disarmament and fully denuclearise the Korean Peninsula

Nuclear weapons threaten the very survival of humanity and our entire living planet. Their effects transcend national boundaries and span generations. They are immoral, illegitimate and now – at long last – illegal

This week the world commemorated the 73rd Anniversary of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Now, we look forward at the Nuclear Ban Treaty and how we can make sure this never happens again.

On Sunday 7 July the Church of England agreed a motion on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons by a margin of 260-26. It was a huge result and a result of months of hard work and campaigning

On July 7th, 2017 the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) was adopted by the UN. In the year since, we’ve made great progress towards entry into force and the stigmatisation of nuclear weapons. But there is still work to be done.

On the first anniversary of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), new YouGov polling commissioned by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) has found an overwhelming rejection of nuclear weapons.

Ai Weiwei
Artist and activist

“If Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr were alive today, they would be part of ICAN.”

Martin Sheen
Actor and activist

“I salute ICAN for working with such commitment and creativity.”

Ban Ki-moon
Former UN chief

“We can do it together. With your help, our voice will be made still stronger. Imagine peace.”

Yoko Ono
Artist

“Governments say a nuclear weapons ban is unlikely. Don’t believe it. They said the same about a mine ban treaty.”

Jody Williams
Nobel laureate

“With your support, we can take ICAN its full distance – all the way to zero nuclear weapons.”

Desmond Tutu
Nobel laureate

“Because I cannot tolerate these appalling weapons, I whole-heartedly support ICAN.”

Herbie Hancock
Jazz musician

“I can imagine a world without nuclear weapons, and I support ICAN.”

Dalai Lama
Nobel laureate

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) is a coalition of non-governmental organizations in one hundred countries promoting adherence to and implementation of the United Nations nuclear weapon ban treaty. This landmark global agreement was adopted in New York on 7 July 2017.